{"id":9888,"date":"2023-05-11T20:01:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/?p=9888"},"modified":"2023-05-11T20:21:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:51:39","slug":"lets-punctuate-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/lets-punctuate-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Punctuate &#8211; part-1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9888\" class=\"elementor elementor-9888\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff7df16 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"ff7df16\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74f2459\" data-id=\"74f2459\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-057a17a elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_typeout_text\" data-id=\"057a17a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_typeout_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-qi-typeout-text\" data-strings=\"[&quot;Punctuate&quot;,&quot;Punctuate&quot;,&quot;Punctuate&quot;]\" data-cursor=\"|\">\n\t<h3 class=\"qodef-m-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tLet\u2019s Punctuate\t\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-typeout-holder\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-typeout\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a970334 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a970334\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">(PART-1)<\/h6>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e09abe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e09abe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLadies, if you want to know the way to my heart&#8230; good spelling and good grammar, good punctuation, capitalize only where you are supposed to capitalize, it&#8217;s done.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><b>\u2014John Mayer<\/b><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And I must say, the same goes for men, too. For ladies, men with good grammar and punctuation skills check all the boxes on the list. Punctuation marks are not just fancy symbols to add to your sentences. They are \u201cnecessities\u201d. Your work would be naked and your soul barren without them. And as John Lennard said in his book,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Poetry Handbook<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, \u201cPunctuation is to words as cartilage is to the bone, permitting articulation and bearing stress.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are the indicators that help the writer to take short pauses, long pauses, tell the readers if they are questioning something, show emotion, or just pass on information. Coming from the Greek word, \u201cPunctus\u201d, which means \u201cpoint\u201d, punctuation marks give meaning to the sentence. Without proper punctuation inserts, the meaning of your sentence would completely be changed. And the most quoted example for the same is:<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s eat Grandma.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s eat, Grandma.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One comma can save grandma from being eaten by her grandkid!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Britannica, \u201cPunctuation is the use of spacing, conventional signs, and certain typographical devices as aids to the understanding and correct reading, both silently and aloud, of handwritten and printed texts.\u201d There are a total of 14 types of punctuation marks, which attends to a different meaning of the sentence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So now let\u2019s start with the seven most important punctuation marks, and make your sentence better.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1bf9c14 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"1bf9c14\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c1bb7f\" data-id=\"1c1bb7f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ca4585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4ca4585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9899\" alt=\"Full Stop\/Period Denote by .\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-649d466 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"649d466\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-15ffcdc\" data-id=\"15ffcdc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a297448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a297448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per the Oxford Learner\u2019s Dictionary, a full stop or a period is \u201cused at the end of a sentence to emphasize that there is nothing more to say about a subject.\u201d In simpler words, it is used to END the sentence. When you have nothing more to say, just use a full stop. In other words, it is used to stop your train of thoughts when you feel they are completed. Please keep in mind, the next sentence that you use always starts with a capital letter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is raining outside.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cat has brown fur with white patches.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The clown was making everyone laugh.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The class has an equal ratio of girls and boys.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8750521 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"8750521\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-10f017c\" data-id=\"10f017c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bda388 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8bda388\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-1.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9909\" alt=\"Comma\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51e0e87 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"51e0e87\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ca812f\" data-id=\"7ca812f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380577b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"380577b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The comma is one the most used punctuation marks, and also the most wrongly used one! The comma is used for multiple purposes \u2014 to separate different clauses or phrases in the sentence, to list different items together in a sentence, to give short pauses in dialogues, or when the writer wants to put emphasis. There is one more type of comma, the Oxford Comma, which is the final comma when you mention items in the list. However, the Oxford comma is not adhered to by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Associated Press Stylebook<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the style guide that American news organizations generally follow. It is used when you follow British-style English.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five years ago, I never thought I would be dancing.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tara, the girl with brown eyes, is my new friend.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matthew, Rachel, Tim and Ron are going to a party.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Matthew, Rachel, Tim, and Ron are going to a party. (here the last comma after Tim is Oxford Comma)<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-129e3e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"129e3e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-379de2f\" data-id=\"379de2f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b4b63a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b4b63a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-2.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9912\" alt=\"Colon\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-528d603 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"528d603\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c99ecdf\" data-id=\"c99ecdf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-339f90c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"339f90c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a colon as \u201ca punctuation mark used chiefly to direct attention to matter\u201d. In other words, it is used to introduce the list of things. It is also used in denoting numeric expressions of time, hour, and seconds, in assessing ratios, and in bibliographical references.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meeting will start at 10:30:00 on Monday.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ratio of milk to water is 1:3.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I need the following things from you: paper, scissors, tape, and pens.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the selected students: Roy, Keshav, Riya, and Sheena.<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c65be4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"3c65be4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73bf7f4\" data-id=\"73bf7f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e943c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e943c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/beejahouse.com\/BEEJA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/best-1025-\u00d7-400-px-3.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9913\" alt=\"Semi-colon\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74856fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"74856fe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2628d3a\" data-id=\"2628d3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22531ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22531ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A semicolon is a period atop a comma which indicates that they are used when the writer wants the pause to be slightly longer than a comma but shorter than a full stop. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, \u201cthe symbol ; is used in writing between two parts of a sentence, usually when each of the two parts could form grammatical sentences on their own. 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It is used at the end of the sentence. If the sentence is a statement, you use a period\/full stop (.); if the sentence is a question you use (?). In either case, symbols are used at the end of the sentence and the first word of the next sentence would be in the capital.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example:<\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you read Jane Austen\u2019s Emma?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How was your Sunday?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Will you go to the market with me?<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you bring your swimming costume?<\/span><\/li><\/ol><pre><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These were the few most used but wrongly placed punctuation marks for you to learn and revise. The next two blogs will teach you about more punctuation marks. 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